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Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 27, 2017

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Cook (Captain James).- Webber (John) and Marie Catherina Prestel. Four views in the South Seas [bound with] Atlas to accompany Captain James Cook's account of his voyages... £4,000 to £6,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Knight (Joseph). On the cultivation of the plants belonging to the natural order of Proteeae, 1809. £2,000 to £3,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: India & China.- Sonnerat (Pierre). Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, fait par ordre du roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781. £20,000 to £30,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 27, 2017

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Mongolia.- Pallas (Peter Simon). Sammlungen Historischer Nachrichten uber die Mongolischen Volkerschaften. £15,000 to £20,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: America.- Warre (Henry). Sketches in North America, 1848. £4,000 to £6,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Atlases.- English Pilot (The). The Fourth Book. Describing The West-Indian Navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones... £4,000 to £6,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 27, 2017

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Greece.- Lear (Edward). Views of the Seven Ionian Isles, signed presentation copy from the author to Evelyn Baring, 1863. £3,000 to £4,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Lear (Edward).- [Gray (John Edward)]. Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall, 1846. £7,000 to £10,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Flamsteed (John). Historiae Coelestis, first edition,1712. £20,000 to £30,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 27, 2017

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Flamsteed (John). Atlas Coelestis, 1781. £10,000 to £15,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Conjuring Posters.- The Steens, American Mystifiers: Originators of Silent Transmission. broadside poster, [probably 1890-1900]. £300 to £500

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Tyndale's Bible.- Bible, English. The newe Testament, Richard Jugge, 1552; sold not subject to return. £10,000 to £15,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 27, 2017

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Cook (Captain James).- Webber (John) and Marie Catherina Prestel. Four views in the South Seas [bound with] Atlas to accompany Captain James Cook's account of his voyages to the Pacific Ocean in the years 1776-1780.

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Knight (Joseph). On the cultivation of the plants belonging to the natural order of Proteeae, 1809. £2,000 to £3,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: India & China.- Sonnerat (Pierre). Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, fait par ordre du roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781. £20,000 to £30,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 27, 2017

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Mongolia.- Pallas (Peter Simon). Sammlungen Historischer Nachrichten uber die Mongolischen Volkerschaften. £15,000 to £20,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: America.- Warre (Henry). Sketches in North America, 1848. £4,000 to £6,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Atlases.- English Pilot (The). The Fourth Book. Describing The West-Indian Navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones... £4,000 to £6,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 27, 2017

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Greece.- Lear (Edward). Views of the Seven Ionian Isles, signed presentation copy from the author to Evelyn Baring, 1863. £3,000 to £4,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Lear (Edward).- [Gray (John Edward)]. Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall, 1846. £7,000 to £10,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Flamsteed (John). Historiae Coelestis, first edition,1712. £20,000 to £30,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 27, 2017

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Flamsteed (John). Atlas Coelestis, 1781. £10,000 to £15,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Conjuring Posters.- The Steens, American Mystifiers: Originators of Silent Transmission. broadside poster, [probably 1890-1900]. £300 to £500

Forum Auctions, Sep. 27: Tyndale's Bible.- Bible, English. The newe Testament, Richard Jugge, 1552; sold not subject to return. £10,000 to £15,000
Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: Printed & Manuscript Americana

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: Broadside proclaiming the end of the Revolutionary War, NH, 1783. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: Manuscript medical journal kept by physicians aboard Continental Navy vessels, 1777-88. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: Manuscript notes on sermons heard at Boston's First Church & Old South Church, 1684-1703. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: Printed & Manuscript Americana

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: Missionary archive of Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond, MN, 1833-93. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: Captain's journal of a mutinous whaling journey, South Pacific, 1839-46. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: McClees' Gallery of Photographic Portraits ... of the Thirty-Fifth Congress,Washington, 1859. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: Printed & Manuscript Americana

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: Juan de Ugarte, manuscript report on first 16 months of California missions, Mexico, 1699. $12,000 to $18,000

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: Cyanotype albums depicting the construction of the Williamsburg Bridge, New York City, 1897-1903. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: Unrecorded broadside from occupied New York, 1778. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: Printed & Manuscript Americana

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: The Honolulu Merchants' Looking-Glass, first edition, San Francisco, 1862. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: Honorius Philoponus, Nova Typis Transacta Navigatio, first edition, Linz, 1621. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Sep 28: The Book of Mormon, first edition, Palmyra, NY, 1830. $10,000 to $15,000.

Auction Reports

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries

Auction Info

Auction Name: Spring Auction, Day 2
Auction Date: 05/22/2016 - 05/22/2016
Sale Number: #52216
Total Lots: 56
Sold Lots: 42
Lots Sold: 75.00%
Unsold Lots: 14

Total Sales (USD): 26,925.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 38,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 57,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 58,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 85,700.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 31.42%

Top twenty by sale price

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Sotheby’s: The Library of John & Suzanne Bonham. 26 September in London. Viewing 22-25 September

Sotheby’s London, Sep. 26: Churchill, Winston S. Two Typed Letters Signed, regarding the British North Greenland Expedition (1952-54). £3,000 to £4,000

Sotheby’s London, Sep. 26: Bernatz, Johann Martin. Scenes in Ethiopia. London: F.G. Moon, 1852. First edition. £6,000 to £8,000

Sotheby’s London, Sep. 26: Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Oates. Collection comprising (among other things): documents and pamphlets. £1,500 to £1,800

Sotheby’s: The Library of John & Suzanne Bonham. 26 September in London. Viewing 22-25 September

Sotheby’s London, Sep. 26: Darwin, Charles, and Philip Parker King, and Robert FitzRoy. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle Between the Years 1826 and 1836… £15,000 to £20,000

Sotheby’s London, Sep. 26: Spratt, Thomas A.B., and Edward Forbes. Travels in Lycia, Milyas, and the Cibyratis. London: John Van Voorst, 1847. £800 to £1,200

Sotheby’s London, Sep. 26: Richardson, John. Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat-Voyage Through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, In Search of Sir John Franklin. £6,000 to £8,000
Sotheby’s in collaboration with Binoche & Giquello: BIBLIOTHÈQUE R. ET B. L. LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS ROMANTIQUES [and] EDITIONS ORIGINALES ROMANTIQUES. Paris 10 October

Binoche & Giquello/Sotheby’s 10 Oct: GRANDVILLE --- DE FOE. Aventures de Robinson Crusoë. 1840. 43 original dip pen drawings by Grandville. 25.000 – 35.000 €

Binoche & Giquello/Sotheby’s 10 Oct: GRANDVILLE. Advertising poster for Un Autre Monde. 1844. 7.000 – 9.000 €

Binoche & Giquello/Sotheby’s 10 Oct: GRANDVILLE. Un autre monde. 1844. Pristine copy in editor binding. 20.000 – 30.0000 €

Binoche & Giquello/Sotheby’s 10 Oct: GRANDVILLE. Original drawing [c. 1845]. 88 x 95 mm. 3.000 – 4.000 €

Sotheby’s in collaboration with Binoche & Giquello: BIBLIOTHÈQUE R. ET B. L. LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS ROMANTIQUES [and] EDITIONS ORIGINALES ROMANTIQUES. Paris 10 October

Binoche & Giquello/Sotheby’s 10 Oct: BALZAC. Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées. 1842. Empress Marie-Louise’s copy. 12.000 – 15.000 €

Binoche & Giquello/Sotheby’s 10 Oct: DUMAS. Henri III et sa cour. 1829 – Stockolm, Fontainebleau et Rome. 1830. Inscribed to tragic actrice Mlle George, bound by Touvenin. 35.000 – 45.000 €

Binoche & Giquello/Sotheby’s 10 Oct: DUMAS. Les Trois mousquetaires. 1844. First edition. Rare copy in period binding. 50.0000- 80.000 €

Sotheby’s in collaboration with Binoche & Giquello: BIBLIOTHÈQUE R. ET B. L. LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS ROMANTIQUES [and] EDITIONS ORIGINALES ROMANTIQUES. Paris 10 October

Binoche & Giquello/Sotheby’s 10 Oct: HUGO. Unpublished autograph notebook, for Juliette Drouet. 1834. 70.000 – 90.000 €

Binoche & Giquello/Sotheby’s 10 Oct: HUGO. Gibet de Montfaucon. 1847. Original drawing. 288 x 367 mm. 80.000 – 120.000 €

Binoche & Giquello/Sotheby’s 10 Oct: Stendhal. Le Rouge et le noir. 1831. 2 vol. First edition. Superb copy in period binding. 30.000 – 50.000 €
19th Century Shop’s Catalog 170 Great Books and Photos. Please inquire for a copy.

19th Century Shop: Exodus 10:10 to 16:15. Complete Biblical scroll sheet in Hebrew, a Torah scroll panel. Middle East, ca. 10th or 11th century.

19th Century Shop: Copernicus Refuted. (Astronomy.). Scientific manuscript of a course of studies at Collège de la Trinité, Lyon. 1660s.

19th Century Shop: Israel’s War of Independence and the Early Days of the IDF. 58 photographs presented to Israel Ber, IDF officer and later convicted spy.

19th Century Shop’s Catalog 170 Great Books and Photos. Please inquire for a copy.

19th Century Shop: Early Unpublished Darwin letter on the races of man. Autograph Letter Signed [to Henry Denny]. Down, Kent, June 1, [1844].

19th Century Shop: Classic Image of American Slavery. Kimball, M. H. Emancipated Slaves. New York: George Hanks, 1863.

19th Century Shop: (Underground Railroad.) Scaggs, Isaac. Important Runaway Slave Poster: $500 Reward Ran away, or decoyed from the subscriber…
Consignments now invited History of Science & Technology December 12th, 2017

NEWTON, ISAAC. Opticks. London, 1704. Presentation copy to Edmund Halley. Sold for $1,330,000

Apple Computer Contract & Dissolution of Contract, signed by Jobs, Wozniak, & Wayne. Sold for $1,594,500

DARWIN, CHARLES. Autograph Manuscript page from the manuscript of On the Origin of Species. Sold for $250,000
Bonhams, Sep. 26: Cook in Tahiti. [Playbill]. [Germany, c.1840.] $3,000 - $5,000

Bonhams, Sep. 26: Roberts' Sketches in Egypt and Nubia. London, 1846-9. $20,000 - $30,000

Bonhams, Sep. 26: Breydenbach. Peregrinatio in terram sanctam. Mainz, 1486. $100,000 - $150,000

Bonhams, Sep. 26: Dürer. Underweysung der messung [and two more]. Nuremberg, 1525-8. $150,000 - $200,000

Bonhams, Sep. 26: Whitman. Autograph Manuscript [in] The Complete Writings. One of 32 sets. $8,000 - $12,000

Bonhams, Sep. 26: Columbus. De Insulis nuper in mari Indico repertis. Basel, 1494. $700,000 - $1,000,000

Bonhams, Sep. 26: The Dr. Hendon M. Harris Jr. Korean Atlas Collection. [Korea; c.1700 to c.1890.] $35,000 - $50,000

Bonhams, Sep. 26: Aa, Pieter van der. Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen. Leyden, 1706-8. $8000 - $12,000

Bonhams, Sep. 27: Russian Kholod 5D67 HFL Rocket Engine. $25,000 - $40,000

Bonhams, Sep. 27: Neil Armstrong Apollo Era Training Glove. $8,000 - $12,000

Bonhams, Sep. 27: Large Lunar Near Side Chart, Signed by 20th Century Surface Explorers. $20,000 - $25,000

Bonhams, Sep. 27: Annotated Photo Album Detailing Alexander Graham Bell's Experiments with Tetrahedral Kites. $50,000 - $80,000

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